Sandbagging Iran

Sandbagging v: 1: treat harshly or unfairly 2: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

Since the start of this blog on January 23, 2006 I've posted more than 60 times about Iran. You can do a Google search on the right for "Iran" to see I'm not lying. I'd doubt me. I was shocked it had been so many.

Most of those posts have been about indicators I've spotted leading me to believe Bush is going to attack Iran. Sometimes my comments to that effect on other blogs have attracted people who don't agree. Imagine that!

Well, here is a very good article in which Ehsan Ahrari carefully lays out how Bush is doing exactly the same thing with Iran as he did with Iraq. Please read. A teaser follows.

Cheney continued, "For our part, the United States is keeping all options on the table in addressing the irresponsible conduct of the regime. And we join other nations in sending that regime a clear message: we will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon."

Sound at all familiar? It should.

"All options are on the table," President George W. Bush said recently, "But one thing I will not allow is a nation such as Iraq to threaten our very future by developing weapons of mass destruction."

Unfortunately, whereas Saddam appeared to be cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Bush attacked anyway, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plays right into Bush's hands by threatening, posturing and refusing to abandon nuclear enrichment work.

Humourus aside. I decided to Google "All options are on the table" to document how often Bushco has said that. The search found 190,000.000 items. Probably most are not comments uttered by Repugs. Or maybe they are.